Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Odevixibat treatment reduced levels of peripheral blood autotaxin, pruritus and serum bile acid among pediatric patients with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, according to pooled data.

Patients with pediatric onset inflammatory bowel disease may have a higher risk for cancer and death, according to a presentation at UEG Week Virtual 2021.

Compared with adult patients who more frequently experienced delayed eosinophilic esophagitis diagnosis, pediatric patients had higher endoscopic findings of the disease with increased eosinophils detected during esophageal biopsy.

Among pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, the risk for incidence of intestinal resection and colectomy after 5 years of diagnosis decreased over a 24-year period, according to a presenter at UEG Week.

As typhoid fever becomes increasingly resistant to antibiotics, a study published recently in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that a conjugate vaccine for the disease proved effective for Malawi’s younger population.

The CDC is investigating two multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections that have been linked to consumption of Italian-style meats.

Adalimumab was an efficacious and safe treatment option for pediatric patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, according to findings published in Lancet Gastroenteroly and Hepatology.

Long-term tenofovir treatment in pediatric patients with chronic hepatitis B was well tolerated and correlated with a high rate of viral suppression, according to a study presented at the International Liver Congress.

A high maternal pre-pregnancy BMI increases the risk of offspring developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to findings presented at the 2021 International Liver Congress

Administration of direct-acting antiviral agents safely and effectively treated children with hepatitis C, according to a presentation at the International Liver Congress.